Elk permits winners for upcoming 2014 season

JASPER (AGFC) – For 25 lucky hunters, the highlight of the Buffalo River Elk Festival was the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s drawing for public land elk hunting permits. The two-segment season will be Oct. 6-10 and Oct. 27-31.

Elk hunting on private land is restricted to one zone, consisting of all private land in Boone, Carroll, Madison, Newton and Searcy counties except for a portion of Boxley Valley.

The private land hunt will end the evening of Oct. 31, or the evening that the 28 elk quota (8 bulls, 20 antlerless) is met; whichever comes first.